In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Jesus, is just a Spanish boy's name
How come one man got so much fame?
To any me, it's pointless to anybody
That doesn't have faith
Give me the cloth and I'll wipe my face
When it's all gone, something carries on
And it's not morbid at all
Just when natures had enough of you
When my blood stops, someone else's will not
When my head rolls off, someone else's will turn
And while I'm alive, I'll make tiny changes to earth
So you can burn me 'cause we'll all be the same, the same way
Dirt in someone's eyes, cried down the drain
I believe in a house in the clouds
And God's got his dead friends round
He's painted all the walls red to remind them they're all dead
And you know when it's all gone, something carries on
And it's not morbid at all just when natures had enough of you
When my blood stops, someone else's will not
When my head rolls off, someone else's will turn
You can mark my words, I'll make changes to earth
And while I'm alive, I'll make tiny changes to earth
Tiny changes to earth, tiny changes to earth
Tiny changes to earth
How come one man got so much fame?
To any me, it's pointless to anybody
That doesn't have faith
Give me the cloth and I'll wipe my face
When it's all gone, something carries on
And it's not morbid at all
Just when natures had enough of you
When my blood stops, someone else's will not
When my head rolls off, someone else's will turn
And while I'm alive, I'll make tiny changes to earth
So you can burn me 'cause we'll all be the same, the same way
Dirt in someone's eyes, cried down the drain
I believe in a house in the clouds
And God's got his dead friends round
He's painted all the walls red to remind them they're all dead
And you know when it's all gone, something carries on
And it's not morbid at all just when natures had enough of you
When my blood stops, someone else's will not
When my head rolls off, someone else's will turn
You can mark my words, I'll make changes to earth
And while I'm alive, I'll make tiny changes to earth
Tiny changes to earth, tiny changes to earth
Tiny changes to earth
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Head Rolls Off Lyrics as written by Scott John Hutchison Grant David Hutchison
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
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I think you can hear what you want but I think the lines, "I believe in a house in the clouds, and God's got his dead friends round" go against the concept of agnosticism. But that's not even the true focus of the song...
The idea and the hope is that while we are here, while we're alive, we can have a positive effect on the earth and on the whole of existence.
i agree. I don't think it is atheistic at all. I think it is saying that the singer believes in God but it is not a song of faith. It is just explaining that no matter what you believe in you are still going to die and you "make tiny changes to earth". The world will go on without you, whether you believe in "a house in the clouds" or not.